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25 Amendments of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2016/2072(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the new Strategy for international cultural relations presented by the European Commission and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in June 2016,
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the study of the European Commission on "the impact of culture on creativity", June 2009,
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dual value, as they preserve and promoteirect links to artists and creators, are most likely to foster cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustaining social cohesion andsense of belonging, therefore may contributinge substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment in the EU economyUnion;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas cultural diplomacyooperation in all cultural and creative domains eases and strengthens the bilateral relations between European and third countries and builds bridges between societies and contribute to better, fostering mutual understanding and common projects;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas CCIs contribute to Europe’s ‘soft power’ in their role as ambassadors of European values – such as culture, creativity, quality, excellence, craftsmanship – on the world stagealso to develop Europe’s image in the world – often based on the valorisation of its cultural heritage, its creativity in arts and performing arts, as well as its craftsmanship, in establishing a fruitful dialogue with CCIs from other countries;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas creative industries in Europe provide more than 12 million full- time jobs, which amounts to 7.5 % of the EU’s work force, creating approximately EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP (5.3 % of the EU’s total GVA);deleted
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshoredCCIs rely on keeping a strong EU location in terms of employment, based on it is connected toraftsmanship, and specific cultural and historical competences; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post-2008 economic crisis;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the CCIs comprise a majority of small and micro-companies and whereas the cultural and creative sector (CCS) companies with less twhich main strength shall remain the short value chain 9 employees account for more than 90 % of the workforcebetween artists and creators and their final output and production;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas among the different sources of EU funding, only some like" Creative Europe" and the "European Fund for Strategic Investment" mention CCIs as a specific priority, together with other NGOs and small associations or cultural institutions, which is the reality of the cultural field at large;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to develop a coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the CCS, and on the EU to include the support, development, promotion and protecmotion of CCIs in its strategic goals, and overall political prioritis required by article 167, §4 of the TFEU throughout all its policies and programmes;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to identify specific indicators in order to monitor and analyse the cultural, economic and societal impact of its policies and regulatory proposals related toregarding CCS on all other domains of activity in the CCSEU, and to possibly identifyon connected third countries; this would allow to develop alternative data sources with a view to complementing and improving official statistics;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission and Eurostat to include the CCS in their yearly statisticsin its endeavour to regularly analyse and measure the impact of culture and cultural policies for the whole CCS, developing new and pertinent criteria, and to publish a sectorial biennial report on the developments of CCIs in Europe;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore,Calls on the Commission to establish a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an improvement in the remuneration of authors and creators;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission, in view of the upcoming copyright reform, to create legal solutions which will suit creators, right holders and consumers alike in order to make clear that liability exemptions can only apply to genuinely neutral and passive online service providers and not to services that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising content at the expense of creators;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends considering the introduction of tougher sanctions and the promotion of a system of guarantees on traceability as a deterrent for counterfeiters as well as increasing the damages and compensation awarded to right holders; calls on the EU and the Member States to launch awareness- raising campaigns against piracy and counterfeiting; stresses, finally, the need to involve all digital actors in the fight against online counterfeiting;deleted
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their respective spheres of competences, to promote cross-sectorial cooperation by establishing ‘learning labs’, creative hubs, co-working spaces, networking programmes and cultural and creative clusters and networks at regional, national, European and international level in order to foster interaction between micro-, small, medium and large enterprises in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centres, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that creative skills need to be learnt from an early age in order to lay the foundations for the continuous renewal of creative talentscan be encouraged at all stages in life; encourages the Member States to improve theirbetter connect all training, learning and qualification systems, and opportunities enabling students in cultural and arts disciplines to acquire comprehensive trainingdevelop their own talent;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment and reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incluconsider the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sectorspecial opportunities offered by the whole CCS in the framework for example of the Youth Employment Initiative;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to securerespect the cultural diversity offered by CCS, to include in their preservaiorities the promotion of traditional European savoir-faire, preserving and promoting the craft trades linked to the CCS and to re-valorise vocational training and a highly skilled workforce in order to attract talents, national, regional and local savoir-faire, including the variety linked to linguistic expressions and traditions, and to continue the common effort to boost vocational training;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create aand asks the Commission as a first step to join forces between the different DGs in charge of SMEs and create an up-dated one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industriesrespect art 167, §4 and establish the CCIs, as part of the CCS, as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes, in and programmes, particularly in Horizon 2020 and the ESIFs;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the EFSI should help SMEs to overcome capital shortages and typically target projects with a higher risk profile than projects supported by EIB normal operations20 ; notes nevertheless that until May 2016 no funding had been granted for projects in the CCS nor for projects in the education or training sector, which mainly consist of SMEs with a higher degree of risk; __________________ 20deleted Regulation (EU) 2015/1017.
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the EIB to address the lack of EFSI funding to CCIs by investigating possible interaction with Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility in order to provide fit-for-purpose loans for CCIs;deleted
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that in order to improve access to finance in the CCINotes that the Commission included a training scheme for financial intermediaries and bankers wit is necessary to develop expertise in assessing the value of intangible assets which could be used as collateralh the new "Guarantee Facility" tool of Creative Europe , in order to develop sensitivity to the sector itself and expertise in assessing the special character and type of added value of CCS; considers it useful to assert the success of this scheme and if positive, then to extend it to various areas of policies;
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the promotion of ‘intellectual property assets protocols’ facilitating the valuation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and invites the Commission and the Member States to adopt the necessary mechanisms in order to increase the bankability of IPRs and the recognition of their full value as assets;deleted
2016/09/09
Committee: ITRECULT